Courses of Study 2012-2013 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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RUSSA—Russian Language |
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RUSSA 6633 - Russian for Russian Specialists
Fall. 1-4 credits, variable.
Prerequisite: four years of college Russian or equivalent. Class meeting times will be chosen at the organizational meeting (usually the second or third day of the semester) so as to accommodate as many students as possible. The time and place of the organizational meeting will be announced at russian.cornell.edu.
Staff.
Designed for students whose areas of study require advanced active control of the language. Fine points of translation, usage, and style are discussed and practiced. Syllabus varies from year to year. Detailed description at russian.cornell.edu.
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RUSSA 6634 - Russian for Russian Specialists
Spring. 1-4 credits, variable.
Prerequisite: four years of college Russian or equivalent. Class meeting times will be chosen at the organizational meeting (usually the second or third day of the semester) so as to accommodate as many students as possible. The time and place of the organizational meeting will be announced at russian.cornell.edu.
Staff.
Designed for students whose areas of study require advanced active control of the language. Fine points of translation, usage, and style are discussed and practiced. Syllabus varies from year to year. Detailed description at russian.cornell.edu.
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RUSSA 6651 - [Comparative Slavic Linguistics] (crosslisted)
(also LING 6671 )
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisities: LING 6663 taken previously or simultaneously, or permission of instructor. Offered alternate years. Next offered 2013-2014.
W. Browne.
For description, see LING 6671 .
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RUSSL—Russian Literature |
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RUSSL 2207 - [Themes from Russian Culture]
(LA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
Offered alternate years. Next offered 2014-2015. In translation.
G. Shapiro.
These courses are based on lectures, discussions, and audiovisual presentations and cover various aspects of Russian culture, such as literature, art, architecture, music, religion, philosophy, and social thought. RUSSL 2207 extends through the 18th century, and RUSSL 2208 covers the 19th and 20th centuries.
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RUSSL 2208 - [Themes from Russian Culture]
(LA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
Offered alternate years. Next offered 2014-2015. In translation.
G. Shapiro.
These courses are based on lectures, discussions, and audiovisual presentations and cover various aspects of Russian culture, such as literature, art, architecture, music, religion, philosophy, and social thought. RUSSL 2207 extends through the 18th century, and RUSSL 2208 covers the 19th and 20th centuries.
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RUSSL 2209 - [Readings in Russian Prose and Poetry]
(LA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.
Spring. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: for students with 2+ semesters of Russian language (RUSSA 1121 /RUSSA 1122 or equivalent). Next offered 2013-2014. Reading in Russian; discussion in English.
N. Pollak.
Short classics of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Authors may include Pushkin, Lermontov, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Blok, and Akhmatova. Assignments adjusted for native fluency. May be used as a prerequisite for RUSSL courses with reading in Russian.
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RUSSL 2212 - [Readings in Twentieth Century Russian Literature]
(LA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.
Fall. 3 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014. Reading, writing, and discussion in Russian. Reading, writing, and discussion in Russian.
G. Shapiro.
For students with native background. Introduces students to 20th-century Russian literature in the original and improves Russian reading and writing skills.
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RUSSL 3331 - Introduction to Russian Poetry
(HB) (LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: proficiency in Russian or permission of instructor. Reading in Russian; discussion in English.
N. Pollak.
A survey of 19th century Russian poetry, with emphasis on the analysis of individual poems by major poets (Zhukovskii, Batiushkov, Baratynskii, Lermontov, Tiutchev, Nekrasov, Fet).
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RUSSL 3333 - [Twentieth Century Russian Poetry]
(LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014. Reading in Russian; discussion in English.
N. Pollak.
Close readings of lyrics by major 20th-century poets.
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RUSSL 3334 - The Russian Short Story
(HB) (LA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: proficiency in Russian or permission of instructor. Reading in Russian; discussion in English.
G. Shapiro.
Survey of two centuries of Russian storytelling. Analysis of individual stories by major writers. Emphasis on narrative structure and on related landmarks of Russian literary criticism.
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RUSSL 3335 - [Gogol]
(HB) (LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014. In translation.
G. Shapiro.
Selected works of Gogol are read closely in translation and viewed in relation to his life and to the literature of his time.
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RUSSL 3338 - [Lermontov’s Hero of Our Time]
(LA-AS)
4 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014. Reading in Russian; discussion in English.
N. Pollak.
Hero of Our Time has been called the first major Russian novel. Close reading, attention to linguistic and literary problems.
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RUSSL 3367 - The Russian Novel
(HB) (LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
N. Pollak.
The rise of the Russian novel in the 19th century, with particular attention to the relation between earlier (Pushkin, Lermontov) and later (Dostoevsky, Tolstoy) writers of prose fiction.
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RUSSL 3368 - [20th-Century Russian Literature]
(LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014. In translation. Students who read Russian may sign up for discussion of Russian text for 1 credit (RUSSA 4491 ).
G. Shapiro.
Survey of 20th-century Russian prose, including such writers as Bunin, Bulgakov, and Nabokov, as well as Solzhenitsyn, Shalamov, and Voinovich.
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RUSSL 3385 - Reading Nabokov (crosslisted)
(also ENGL 3790 ) (LA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
In translation.
G. Shapiro.
Nabokov’s Russian works in translation from Mary to The Enchanter, and two novels he wrote in Ithaca while teaching literature at Cornell, Lolita and Pnin.
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RUSSL 4415 - [Post-Symbolist Russian Poetry]
(LA-AS)
4 credits.
Prerequisite: proficiency in Russian or permission of instructor. Next offered 2013-2014. Reading in Russian; discussion in English.
N. Pollak.
Verse, critical prose, and literary manifestos by selected early 20th-century Russian poets, including Annenskii, Pasternak, and Mandelstam.
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RUSSL 4430 - [Practice in Translation]
(LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: proficiency in Russian or permission of instructors. Next offered 2013-2014.
Staff.
Practical workshop in translation: documents, scholarly papers, literary works (prose and poetry). Mostly Russian to English, some English to Russian.
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RUSSL 4432 - Pushkin
(HB) (LA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: proficiency in Russian or permission of instructor. Reading in Russian; discussion in English.
N. Pollak.
Selected verse by Pushkin: lyrics, narrative poems, dramatic works.
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RUSSL 4433 - [Short Works of Tolstoy]
(HB) (LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: RUSSL 2209 or RUSSL 2212 or equivalent mastery of Russian language skills. Next offered 2013-2014. Reading in Russian; discussion in English.
N. Pollak.
A selection of short stories and short novels in Russian. Attention to style, themes, idioms. Assignments adjusted to students’ language capabilities.
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RUSSL 4492 - Supervised Reading in Russian Literature
Fall or spring. 1-4 credits.
Prerequisite: students must find an advisor and submit a plan before signing up. Independent study. Times TBA with instructor.
Staff.
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RUSSL 6611 - Supervised Reading and Research
Fall or spring. 2-4 credits, variable.
Prerequisite: proficiency in Russian or permission of instructor. Times TBA with instructor.
Staff.
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SANSK—Sanskrit |
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SANSK 1131 - Elementary Sanskrit I (crosslisted)
(also CLASS 1331 , LING 1131 )
Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Offered alternate years.
A. Ruppel.
An introduction to the essentials of Sanskrit grammar. Designed to enable the student to read classical and epic Sanskrit as quickly as possible.
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SANSK 1132 - Elementary Sanskrit II (crosslisted)
(also CLASS 1332 , LING 1132 )
Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: SANSK 1131 or permission of instructor.
A. Ruppel.
An introduction to the essentials of Sanskrit grammar. Designed to enable the student to read classical and epic Sanskrit as quickly as possible.
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SANSK 2251 - Intermediate Sanskrit I (crosslisted)
(also CLASS 2351 , LING 2251 ) (GHB) Satisfies Option 1.
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: SANSK 1132 or permission of instructor.
Staff.
Review of grammar and reading of selections from Sanskrit epic poetry and narrative prose.
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SANSK 2252 - Intermediate Sanskrit II (crosslisted)
(also CLASS 2352 , LING 2252 ) (GHB) Satisfies Option 1.
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: One year prior Sanskrit study or permission of instructor.
Staff.
Review of grammar and reading of selections from Sanskrit epic poetry and narrative prose.
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SANSK 4431 - Directed Study
Fall. 1-4 credits, variable. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required.
Staff.
Intended for advanced language study.
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SANSK 4432 - Directed Study
Spring. 1-4 credits, variable. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required.
Staff.
Intended for advanced language study.
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SEA—Sea Education Association |
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SEA 3620 - Maritime History and Culture
(CA) (HA)
Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
In this course, students explore political, cultural and social changes in island communities from before the arrival of Europeans to the present. We look at sea-going migration and settlement patterns, changing demographics, political and economic systems, and also seek to understand changes in nautical technology that underpinned European expansion.
Outcome 1: Students will write an expository paper that takes them from a primary source through the research process while on campus in Woods Hole, and make additional observations at island port stops during the sea component.
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SEA 3660 - Introduction to Oceanography
Fall, spring, summer. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
This course provides students with the scientific foundation needed to investigate the planet’s oceans. It introduces them to the scientific study of the ocean and serves as the foundation for the courses in practical oceanography taken during the sea component. As they learn about modern ocean studies and technological advances in instrumentation, students develop proposals for independent research projects to be carried out at sea.
Outcome 1: Students will complete exams covering lecture material.
Outcome 2: Students will review literature and create a written proposal for research to be conducted during the research cruise.
Outcome 3: Students will participate in an oral presentation of their proposal.
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SEA 3670 - Introduction to Maritime Studies
Fall, spring, summer. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
SEA Faculty.
This interdisciplinary course considers the complex human relationship with the sea by examining the history of maritime commerce as well as literary and other artistic productions inspired by the marine environment. We trace how views of the world’s oceans have changed—today we acknowledge the fragility of the environment; students will look at the result of centuries of exploiting marine resources, and at the recent development of legal frameworks to manage them.
Outcome 1: Several readings and papers will give students an opportunity to develop a perspective of our changing relationship with the sea.
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SEA 3680 - Introduction to Nautical Science
Fall, spring, summer. 3 credits.
Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
Nautical Science teaches the practical skills and theoretical background necessary to safely operate a tall ship on the high seas. Students learn and apply essential concepts in general physics, astronomy, and meteorology. During the sea component, students apply these concepts while acting as active and increasingly responsible members of the ship’s crew, working toward the ultimate role of Junior Watch Officer.
Outcome 1: Students will complete lab exercises and workshops to become proficient in skills of the mariner.
Outcome 2: Students will complete exams covering lecture material.
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SEA 3690 - Practical Oceanography I
Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
Students learn how to safely deploy and recover modern oceanographic sampling instruments, conduct shipboard laboratory research, analyze oceanographic data, and operate a fully equipped laboratory at sea.
Outcome 1: Students complete a lab practical exam.
Outcome 2: Students will be required to fully participate in shipboard laboratory operations.
Outcome 3: During the research cruise, students will deploy oceanographic equipment and collect samples.
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SEA 3700 - Practical Oceanography II
Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
Students collect, analyze, and present data for projects of their own design. Each student completes an original research project in oceanography under the guidance of the Chief Scientist on board the vessel.
Outcome 1: During the research cruise, students will analyze data, interpret results, and produce a research manuscript.
Outcome 2: Oral presentation of research results will be required.
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SEA 3710 - Marine Environmental History
(CA) (LA)
Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
Starting from the physical geography, we look at the distribution of resources and the impacts of human migration and settlement on island ecosystems, including the introduction of non-native species and the exploitation of marine resources. This course is designed to explore the interaction of ecological factors in ocean, coastal and island environments; the impact of human actions on those environments; and the need for local, regional and international responses and strategies to mitigate and manage that impact.
Outcome 1: In Woods Hole, students are guided to source materials for research on both the natural environment and human actions upon it; on the cruise we interact with local people, including government officials to discuss management strategies and points of view. Our conclusions are shared through an on-line regional atlas.
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SEA 3720 - Practical Oceanography III
Summer. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty
This course provides practical experience in conducting oceanographic research aboard a sailing research vessel and culminates in the completion and presentation of student research projects.
Outcome 1: Students complete a lab practical exam.
Outcome 2: During the research cruise, students will deploy oceanographic equipment, collect sample, analyze data, interpret results, and produce a research manuscript.
Outcome 3: Oral presentation of research results will be required.
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SEA 3780 - Oceans and Climate: Oceans in the Global Carbon Cycle
Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: minimum of 3 lab science courses, or consent of the instructor. Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
This course examines the role of the oceans in the climate system, addressing topics such as the global carbon cycle, the thermohaline circulation, and aspects of global change including warming and sea level rise.
Outcome 1: Students will complete lab exercises and workshops to become proficient in research skills related to the course topic.
Outcome 2: Students will be required to participate in weekly discussions and complete a final examination covering lecture material.
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SEA 3790 - Ocean Science and Public Policy
(HA)
Fall, spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
This course will introduce students to fundamental concepts, tools, and processes that are driving the construction of ocean policy today. Through readings and seminars, students will critically explore the philosophical roots of science and the varying and often contested ways that it fits into public policy. Case studies will help students identify intangible but critical factors in the form of personal and professional values, the role of politics, and the vital role of effective and broad-based communication in crafting effective policy.
Outcome 1: Students will review literature addressing the scientific dimensions of ocean policy.
Outcome 2: Will write a paper analyzing a contemporary public debate over science policy.
Outcome 3: Students research and prepare a policy brief for addressing a contemporary coastal or ocean topic.
Outcome 4: Students will make an oral presentation and defense of their policy brief in a mock public forum.
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SEA 3800 - Oceanographic Field Methods
Fall, spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
In support of student directed research, students master all aspects of the shipboard lab operations. Students will deploy and recover oceanographic sampling equipment, collect and analyze data from a variety of sophisticated instruments and be a part of the 24 hour/day oceanographic sampling team.
Outcome 1: Students complete a lab practical exam.
Outcome 2: Students will be required to fully participate in shipboard laboratory operations.
Outcome 3: During the research cruise, students will deploy oceanographic equipment and collect samples.
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SEA 4640 - Advanced Topics in Biological Oceanography
Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
Provides in-depth treatment of a single topic. Extensive review of classical and contemporary literature. Introduction and practice of current laboratory techniques. Oral presentation and research paper required. Topics include but are not limited to: marine plankton ecology, biodiversity, satellite oceanography.
Outcome 1: Students will complete lab exercises and workshops to become proficient in research skills related to the course topic.
Outcome 2: Students will be required to participate in weekly discussions and complete a final examination covering lecture material.
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SEA 4990 - Directed Oceanographic Research
Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: minimum of 3 lab science courses or permission of the instructor. Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
This course provides upper-level oceanographic research experience, including design and completion of an independent research project that is comparable in scope to an undergraduate senior research thesis.
Outcome 1: Students will review literature and create a written proposal for research to be conducted during the research cruise.
Outcome 2: Students will participate in an oral defense of their proposal.
Outcome 3: During the research cruise, students will deploy oceanographic equipment, collect samples, analyze data, interpret results, and produce a research manuscript.
Outcome 4: Oral presentation of research results will be required.
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SEA 4993 - Advanced Ocean Policy Research
Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Corequisites required. Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu.
SEA Faculty.
Advanced policy research focusing on a topic of current importance. Emphasis on theoretical concepts, research methods, and communication. Requires critical review paper, original research, final report and final presentation. Projected topics include fisheries, biodiversity, marine spatial planning, and cultural heritage.
Outcome 1: Requires critical review paper, original research final report, and final oral presentation.
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SHUM—Society for Humanities |
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SHUM 4191 - Aftermaths: The Complexities of Disasters (crosslisted)
(also BSOC 4191 , STS 4191 ) (CA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
V. Choi.
For description, see STS 4191 .
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SHUM 4281 - Anticipation: Living in the Future (crosslisted)
(also STS 4281 ) (CA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
V. Choi.
For description, see STS 4281 .
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SHUM 4861 - Studies in Biorisk Media (crosslisted)
(also BSOC 4861 , PMA 4960 , STS 4861 , VISST 4861 )
Fall. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students.
B. Ghosh.
Risk is the obscene of the present. We live its laws of fear in everyday acts such as the popping of pills or as we watch levels of terror alerts rise on news broadcasts. An introduction to interdisciplinary debates on the “risk society” Ulrich Beck consecrated as a “self-reflexive modernity” in 1986, this course pursues a central thread in these conversations: “biorisk” or a deepened sense of biological insecurity emerging amid regular pandemic outbreaks, toxic exposures, or somatic mass catastrophes. Central to this awareness are ways that the risk media normalize fear, panic, or paranoia: the local news, cinematic conspiracy theories, videogames, meteorological forecasts, and public health advisories…the list is formidable. Yet the conversation on risk media (beyond studies of risk communication in mass media) has been patchy at best. The course hopes to stimulate research and analysis in this area.
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SHUM 4862 - Zoontotechnics (crosslisted)
(also COML 4118 , ENGL 4862 , STS 4862 , VISST 4862 )
Fall. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students.
E. Obodiac.
This seminar will look at philosophical discourses on animality and living being through the lens of the current “digital turn” in the humanities. Digital media and theory not only generate new representations of animals, people, and other living-beings; digitality in general belongs to a larger technological framework that is changing life itself. Biotechnology, genome projects, and the interface between animals, machines, and human beings generate a new biosphere or vivarium ruled by the commonality of our digital condition.
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SHUM 4863 - East Asian Law and Culture Seminar (crosslisted)
(also LAW 7170 )
Fall. 3 credits.
Limited enrollment. Everyone wishing to take course for credit must attend first class.
A. Riles.
For description, see LAW 7170 .
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SHUM 4864 - Pirate Humanities (crosslisted)
(also COML 4119 , GOVT 4795 , PMA 4962 )
Fall. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students.
B. Sarkar.
This course examines pirate assemblages as an ineluctable underside of capitalist modernity. We explore the cognitive, cultural, and political efficacies of the simultaneously romanticized and vilified figure of the pirate—and its recent avatar, the media pirate. Within a framework of control and emergence (derived largely from contemporary theories of risk, biopolitics, and securitization), the course seeks to develop a posthumanist understanding of the pirate.
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SHUM 4865 - Neurosis and Systemic Risk (crosslisted)
(also COML 4181 , PMA 4963 )
Fall. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students.
M. Smith.
One of the characteristic features of modernity is an understanding of catastrophe neither as fated nor as God-given but rather as systemic—that is, as a predictable consequence of a dangerous system. This understanding of disaster arose hand-in-hand with the modern insurance and psychoanalytic professions, and with the identification, treatment, and compensation of conditions such as neurasthenia, hyperactivity, nervous degeneration, nervous trauma, and post-traumatic stress. In this seminar, we will examine the mutual development of modern conceptions of neurosis and systemic risk. Our timeframe will be the mid-nineteenth century to the outbreak of World War II and our geographic scope will be Western Europe and the United States. The first half of the course will concentrate on the cultural impact of railroads in the late nineteenth century, and the second half on responses to World War I.
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SHUM 4866 - Risk Work (crosslisted)
(also ANTHR 4166 , STS 4866 )
Fall. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students.
M. Welker.
Theorists of modernity have argued that we live in a risk society. This seminar explores these arguments and develops conceptual tools for ethnographic analysis of the everyday work of risk professionals and ordinary actors. Risk professionals are paid for their capacity to investigate, document, control, imagine, and capitalize upon economic, social, and environmental risk. Ordinary actors increasingly live in and produce knowledge of human and environmental risks and orient their action around this practical consciousness. We will examine how risk work produces knowledge, ignorance, and affect management projects, as well as how it recognizes and distributes risk across space and time, nature and culture, and across social divisions of class, gender, ethnicity, race, and age.
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SHUM 4971 - Risk and Artistic Value: Comparative Analyses in Dominant, Residual and Emergent Artworks (crosslisted)
(also ARTH 4971 , VISST 4971 )
Spring. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students.
P. Aroch-Fugellie.
When articulating meaning in unforeseen ways, artists may put at risk their possibility to (continue to) circulate. Whether artworks are deemed valuable is something for which the value-assignment mechanisms of the market fall short. So, what else is there at stake in their appraisal at reception? And how does the willingness to take the risk of destabilizing accepted meanings vary according to the conditions of production of dominant, residual and emergent art? We will explore these questions through the work of unknown artists, canonical artists and artists in vogue at the global core and periphery. The selection includes art by Regina José, Orozco, Oldenburg, Cueto, Magritte and Colectivo Tijera. Our discussion will benefit from texts by Raymond Williams, Jameson, Heidegger, Lacan and Peirce, among others.
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SHUM 4972 - Photography in Crisis (crosslisted)
(also SPAN 4972 , VISST 4972 )
Spring. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students.
P. Keller.
This course focuses on the photography of disaster—images that expose and engage with contemporary political issues of war, violence, and the human condition of crisis. While many of the works we will study document catastrophes (war, genocide, epidemics, etc.), the course’s title—“photography in crisis”—suggests both a past or current state of emergency (i.e. photographing during times of crisis), and a critical turning point or crossroads (i.e. the medium at a moment of indeterminacy and uncertainty). This implied double meaning of “crisis” establishes a twofold line of inquiry that will guide our investigations, interpretations and discussions: How do photographs of disaster impact perception in ways that may create political consciousness? And, at what juncture does the state of photography—a medium once championed for its credibility and objectivity—currently find itself?
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SHUM 4973 - Ethnography, Narrative and History of Risk (crosslisted)
(also ANTHR 4173 , BSOC 4973 , SOC 4870 , STS 4973 )
Spring. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students.
G. Mairal.
Starting with a review of ethnographical work carried out in the 1990s and 2000s in Spain, this course will address methodological issues to identify risk in several contexts of events such a dams building, epidemics, natural disasters and oil slicks. Later on more theoretical issues will be addressed progressively to reach two further objectives. First the development of a narrative conception of risk and secondly an exploration on the history of risk. These two lines of research will be presented to support a theoretical framework about risk.
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SHUM 4974 - Indebted Histories: Credit and Debt in Critical Thought (crosslisted)
(also AMST 4974 , COML 4182 , ENGL 4974 )
Spring. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students.
A. McClanahan.
In this class we will explore the place of debt and credit in humanistic scholarship and critical theory, asking in what ways the current credit crisis brings us to this subject with renewed urgency. How does the transformation of credit into a speculative investment change our sense of credit as a social mechanism? How do the ongoing debates about national debt reframe the discourse of public borrowing? What are the “moral economies” appropriate to a historical moment in which default and bankruptcy are ever more common? We will explore these and other questions in the context of anthropology, political economy, literary criticism, and philosophy. We will also ground our analysis by pausing on four specific “sites”: the development of public credit; the debt held by developing nations; the securitization of credit in the 1980s; and the anti-debt political movements of the current moment.
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SHUM 4975 - Politics of Risk in Early Modernity (crosslisted)
(also GOVT 4775 )
Spring. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students.
E. Nacol.
This seminar investigates the politics of risk perception in early modern British commercial literature to consider whether our politics of risk and blame has a history: How do we designate risk? What informs practices of designating risk and blame? Early modern sources already point to a persistent problem: the perception of risk often reveals more about present social anxiety than the likelihood of future harm. These materials reflect how societies politicize particular risks and designate blame to relieve widespread anxiety. We will give attention to representations of already vulnerable groups –the poor, prostitutes, and colonial subjects-in early modern political theory, ephemeral writing, and literature to explore how risk calculation and perception are often out of joint. Authors include Mandeville, Smith, Defoe, Swift.
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SHUM 4976 - Risk, Romance, and Revolution (crosslisted)
(also GOVT 4736 , HIST 4976 )
Spring. 4 credits.
Limited to 15 students.
C. Verhoeven.
Risk, Romance, and Revolution” investigates the history of revolutionary “moments” around the globe from the early 16th century Anabaptist Münster Rebellion to the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement. The seminar aims to study the heightened existential experience that comes with living through the extraordinary, hyper-consciously historical time that is characteristic of revolutionary moments. How does this temporality support historical actors in daring to think in otherwise unimaginable directions (including very violent ones)? What is it about this experience that supports the leap into the unknown and, as such, generates a romance with risk? How did sharing this experience affect the private (romantic) lives of revolutionary actors? And finally, how were these experiences manifested and commemorated in art and literature?
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SINHA—Sinhalese |
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SINHA 1121 - Elementary Sinhala I
Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required.
B. Herath.
Semi-intensive introduction to colloquial Sinhala, intended for beginners. A thorough grounding is given in all the language skills; listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
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SINHA 1122 - Elementary Sinhala II
Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: SINHA 1121 or equivalent. Permission of instructor required.
B. Herath.
Semi-intensive introduction to colloquial Sinhala, intended for beginners. A thorough grounding is given in all the language skills; listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
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SINHA 2201 - Intermediate Sinhala I
(GB) Satisfies Option 1.
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite:SINHA 1122 . Permission of instructor required.
B. Herath.
This course further develops student competence in colloquial Sinhala, attending to all the language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. In addition, this course prepares students for the transition to literary Sinhala.
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SINHA 2202 - Intermediate Sinhala II
(GHB) Satisfies Option 1.
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite:SINHA 2201 or equivalent. Permission of instructor required.
B. Herath.
This course further develops student competence in colloquial Sinhala, attending to all the language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. In addition, this course prepares students for the transition to literary Sinhala.
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SINHA 3301 - Literary Sinhala I
(GB) Satisfies Option 1.
Fall, spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: SINHA 2201 /SINHA 2202 or permission of instructor.
B. Herath.
This one-semester course provides an introduction to the distinctive grammatical forms and vocabulary used in Literary Sinhala. While focused particularly on the development of reading skills, the course also introduces students to Literary Sinhala composition, and builds students’ listening comprehension of semi-literary Sinhala forms (such as those used in radio and TV news).
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SINHA 4400 - Literary Sinhala II
Fall, spring. 2-4 credits, variable. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: SINHA 3301 or permission of instructor. If taken for 3 or 4 credits, will satisfy Option 1.
B. Herath.
This one-semester course further develops students’ comprehension of written Literary Sinhala, using sample materials from a variety of genres prepared by the instructor, as well as excerpts from texts relevant to graduate student research (when appropriate).
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SINHA 4431 - Directed Study
Fall. 1-4 credits, variable. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required.
B. Herath.
Intended for advanced language study.
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SINHA 4432 - Directed Study
Spring. 1-4 credits, variable. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required.
B. Herath.
Intended for advanced language study.
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SNES—Science of Natural & Environmental Systems |
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SNES 1101 - Introduction to the Science and Management of Environmental and Natural Resources (crosslisted)
(also NTRES 1101 )
Fall. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: limited to first-year students accepted to Science of Natural and Environment Systems or Environmental Exploration majors in CALS.
J. Lassoie, E. Madsen.
For description and learning outcomes, see NTRES 1101 .
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SNES 2000 - Environmental Sciences Colloquium
Fall. 1 credit. S–U grades only.
S. Riha, J. Lehmann.
This colloquium consists of a series of lectures on an annually changing theme central to the Environmental Sciences, which poses biophysical, economic, and political challenges to modern society. Participants become familiar with contemporary issues of environmental degradation and opportunities for their mitigation. The colloquium is mandatory for SNES majors and is open to the public.
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SNES 4850 - Case Studies in International Ecoagriculture and Environmental Conservation (crosslisted)
(also IARD 4850 , NTRES 4850 )
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Enrollment limited to: senior standing in IARD, SNES, or NTRES and international experience; others by permission of instructors.
J. P. Lassoie, P. Hobbs.
For description and learning outcome, see IARD 4850 .
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SNES 4940 - Special Topics in Science of Natural and Environmental Systems
Fall, spring. 1-4 credits, variable.
Staff.
The department teaches “trial” courses under this number. Offerings vary by semester and are advertised by the department before the semester starts.
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SNES 4960 - Internships in Environmental Science
Fall, spring, summer. 1 credit. (May be repeated once for credit.) S-U grades only.
Staff.
Student internships involving on- or off-campus supervised, structured work experience. Member of SNES faculty must serve as mentor and complete the term grade report. All 4960 internship courses must adhere to the CALS guidelines at www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/current/student-research/internship/index.cfm.
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SNES 4970 - Individual Study in Environmental Science
Fall, spring, summer. 1-6 credits, variable.
Staff.
Individual studies are arranged under the supervision of one or several SNES faculty members. They provide opportunity to design a course that fills the need of an individual student and addresses pertinent issues in the environmental sciences.
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SNLIT—Sanskrit Literature |
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SNLIT 3301 - Advanced Sanskrit I (crosslisted)
(also CLASS 3393 ) (GHB) (LA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: two years study of Sanskrit or equivalent.
L. McCrea.
Selected readings in Sanskrit literary and philosophical texts.
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SNLIT 3302 - Advanced Sanskrit II (crosslisted)
(also CLASS 3394 ) (GHB) (LA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: two years study of Sanskrit or equivalent.
L. McCrea.
Selected readings in Sanskrit literary and philosophical texts.
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SOC—Sociology |
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SOC 1101 - Introduction to Sociology
(SBA-AS)
Fall, spring. 3 credits.
Forbidden Overlap: Students may not receive credit for both SOC 1101 and DSOC 1101 .
Fall, B. Cornwell. Spring, D. Harris
This course introduces classical and contemporary sociological perspectives. We will begin by considering (mainly classical) perspectives which focus on macro-level features of society (e.g., population, the economy) and the sweeping changes that have occurred within them over the past couple of centuries. Particular attention will be paid to changes in social cohesion, the division of labor, the spatial organization of society, and technology. These theories, which are covered in the first two segments of the course, provide some insight into where society is going and what challenges have emerged along the way. In the third segment of the course, we will look more closely at the role of individuals and everyday interaction in the genesis of social phenomena. We will explore theories about what motivates individuals’ social behavior, the role of rationality and emotion, how the micromechanics of interpersonal contact can shape larger society, and the subtle links between biological and social processes. In the final segment of the course, we will explore complex webs that emerge through social actors’ connections to each other, and how these network structures have been shaped by the various processes that were examined during the semester.
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SOC 1104 - [Race and Ethnicity]
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits.
Next offered 2014-2015.
L. Brashears.
This course explores race and ethnicity from a sociological viewpoint. Topics will include, but aren’t limited to: the social construction of race and ethnicity in the United States over time; historical and contemporary racism, prejudice, and discrimination; the relationships between race/ethnicity and educational achievement/attainment, occupational prestige, income, wealth, and health; racial and ethnic identity; and current national debates regarding race/ethnicity, such as affirmative action and immigration. Throughout the course, we will address these issues in light of contemporary and classical sociological theories.
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SOC 1150 - [Utopia in Theory and Practice]
(SBA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014.
D. Strang.
People have always sought to imagine and realize a better sort of society, with both inspiring and disastrous results. In this course, we discuss the literary utopias of Moore, Morris, Bellamy, and the dystopias of Huxley, Orwell, and Zamiatin. We also examine real social experiments, including 19th-century intentional communities, 20th-century socialisms and religious cults, and modern ecological, political, and millennial movements. Throughout, the emphasis is on two sociological questions. What kinds of social relationships appear as ideal? How can we tell societies that might work from those that cannot?
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SOC 1290 - American Society through Film
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
D. Strang.
Introduces students to the sociological analysis of American society through the lens of film. Major themes involve race, class, and gender; upward and downward mobility; incorporation and exclusion; small town vs the big city; and cultural conflicts over individualism, achievement, and community We match a range of movies like American Graffiti (Lucas), Ace in the Hole (Wilder), The Asphalt Jungle (Houston), Do the Right Thing (Lee), The Heiress (Wyler), High Noon (Zinnemann), Mean Streets (Scorsese), Nashville (Altman), The Philadelphia Story (Cukor), and A Streetcar Named Desire (Kazan). Each film is paired with social scientific research that examines parallel topics, such as analyses of who goes to college, the production of news, deviant careers, urban riots, the gendered presentation of self, and the prisoner’s dilemma.
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SOC 1840 - Six Pretty Good Books: Explorations in Social Science (crosslisted)
(also COMM 1840 , HD 1840 , ILRLR 1840 ) (SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
A University Course - This class highlights cross-disciplinary dialogue and debate.
M. Macy, S. Ceci.
For description, see HD 1840 .
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SOC 2070 - [Problems of Contemporary Society] (crosslisted)
(also DSOC 2070 ) (SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014.
Staff.
For description, contact department.
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SOC 2090 - Networks (crosslisted)
(also CS 2850 , ECON 2040 , INFO 2040 ) (SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
A University Course - This class highlights cross-disciplinary dialogue and debate.
Staff.
For description, see ECON 2040 .
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SOC 2100 - What Is Science? An Introduction to the Social Studies of Science and Technology (crosslisted)
(also STS 2011 ) (CA-AS)
Fall. 3-4 credits, variable.
Students interested in the 4-credit Writing in the Majors option must get permission of instructor. Limited to 15 students.
T. Pinch.
For description, see STS 2011 .
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SOC 2130 - Research Design, Practice, and Policy (crosslisted)
(also PAM 2150 ) (SBA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
K. Musick.
For description, see PAM 2150 .
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SOC 2150 - [Introductory Organizations] (crosslisted)
(also DSOC 2150 ) (SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014.
Staff.
For description, contact department.
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SOC 2160 - Health and Society
(SBA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
E. York Cornwell.
This course will examine how social factors shape physical and mental health. First, we will review social scientific research on the relationship between health and status characteristics, neighborhood and residential context, employment, social relationships and support, religion, and health-related behaviors. We will devote particular attention to the development of research questions and methodological approaches in this work. Next, we will directly examine the relationship between health and social factors using data from a nationally representative survey. Course instruction will include statistical analysis of survey data and social scientific writing. Students will develop their own research exploring how social factors contribute to health.
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SOC 2180 - [American Society]
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Next Offered 2013-2014.
M. Brashears.
This course will explore what we mean by community and society and present a number of different explanations for their development and operation. We will begin with general structural theories in sociology, which account for society through the basic demographic and mathematical features of human groups. We will then proceed to explore how structure interacts with culture and agency in specific contexts, including sex, gender, and economics. We will conclude by examining more cultural explanations for the development and change of community and society.
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SOC 2190 - Introduction to Economic Sociology
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits.
V. Nee.
What is the driving force behind economic growth? How do people find jobs? Does culture matter for economic action? What exactly is a market? Why is there a concentration of high-tech firms in Silicon Valley? Why has entrepreneurial capitalism emerged in China? These are some of the questions that this course will explore through the theoretical lens of economic sociology. Economic sociology has sought to understand the beliefs, norms, and institutions that shape and drive the global economy. It has sought to extend the sociological approach to the study of economic life by studying the interactions between social structure and economic action. The systematic application of sociological reasoning to explain economic action involves analysis of the ways in which social networks, norms, and institutions matter in economic transactions. The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to economic sociology as an approach and research program to understand and explain the relationship between economy and society in the modern era.
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SOC 2202 - Population Dynamics (crosslisted)
(also DSOC 2010 ) (CA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
ALS students must enroll in DSOC 2010 .
D. Brown.
For description, see DSOC 2010 .
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SOC 2206 - International Development (crosslisted)
(also DSOC 2050 ) (HA-AS)
Spring. 3-4 credits, variable. Letter grades only.
P. McMichael.
For description, see DSOC 2050 .
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SOC 2220 - [Controversies About Inequality] (crosslisted)
(also DSOC 2220 , GOVT 2225 , ILROB 2220 , PAM 2220 , PHIL 1950 ) (SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014.
S. Morgan.
In recent years, poverty and inequality have become increasingly common topics of public debate, as academics, journalists, and politicians attempt to come to terms with growing income inequality, with the increasing visibility of inter-country differences in wealth and income, and with the persistence of racial, ethnic, and gender stratification. This course introduces students to ongoing social scientific debates about the sources and consequences of inequality, as well as the types of public policy that might appropriately be pursued to reduce (or increase) inequality. These topics will be addressed in related unites, some of which include guest lectures by faculty from other universities (funded by the Center for the Study of Inequality). Each unit culminates with a highly spirited class discussion and debate.
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SOC 2230 - Culture in Markets and Economies
(SBA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
P. Sanyal
The course examines different sectors of the economy from corporations to households and different types of markets from conventional ones, like the labor market and the financial market, to unconventional ones, like the bodily goods market. It also explores legal versus illegal markets and formal versus informal economies. Economic spheres of action and transaction are analyzed from a sociological perspective offering a sociological account of production, consumption, and distribution. Emphasis is placed on understanding the shaping role of social relations and culture on economic actions and outcomes and, conversely, on highlighting the underlying operation of economic principles within the intimate sphere of social life.
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SOC 2250 - Schooling and Society
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits.
L. Brashears.
The primary goal of this course is to understand the relationship between education and society, with an emphasis on exploring educational inequality. To accomplish this, we will ask questions such as: What is the purpose and product of schools? How do schools reproduce social class, racial, and gender inequality? What is the relationship between education and future success? How are schools structured? What factors increase educational success? To answer these, and related questions, we will use classical and contemporary sociological theory and research. The course culminates in a research project of each student’s own choosing.
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SOC 2460 - Drugs and Society
(SBA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
D. Heckathorn.
The course focuses on drug use and abuse as a social rather than as a medical or psychopathological phenomenon. Specifically, the course deals with the history of drug use and regulatory attempts in the United States and around the world; the relationship between drug use and racism/class conflict; pharmacology and use patterns related to specific drugs; perspectives on the etiology of drug use/abuse; AIDS prevention and harm reduction interventions; drug-using subcultures; drug policy, drug legislation, and drug enforcement; and the promotion and condemnation of drug activities in the mass media.
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SOC 2480 - Politics and Culture (crosslisted)
(also GOVT 3633 ) (HA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
M. Berezin.
Focuses on currently salient themes of nationalism, multiculturalism, and democracy. It explores such questions as who is a citizen; what is a nation; what is a political institution; and how do bonds of solidarity form in modern civil society. Readings are drawn principally from sociology and where applicable from political science and history. Journalist accounts, films, and web site research supplement readings.
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SOC 2510 - [Social Gerontology: Aging and the Life Course] (crosslisted)
(also HD 2510 ) (SBA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014.
E. Wethington.
For description, see HD 2510 .
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SOC 2560 - Sociology of Law
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
E. York Cornwell.
This course provides an introduction to the sociological perspective of law and legal institutions in modern society. A key question is the extent to which the law creates and maintains social order. And, what is its role in social change? We will review theoretical perspectives on the reciprocal relationship between law and society, and consider how this relationship is reflected in contemporary legal issues. Empirical research covered in this course will examine social interactions among actors within legal institutions (including the criminal courts, law school classrooms, and the jury room), and how individuals experience and utilize the law in everyday life.
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SOC 2650 - Latinos in the United States (crosslisted)
(also AMST 2655 , DSOC 2650 , LSP 2010 ) (SBA-AS)
Spring. 3-4 credits, variable.
H. Velez.
Exploration and analysis of the Hispanic experience in the United States. Examines the sociohistorical background and economic, psychological, and political factors that converge to shape a Latino group identity in the United States. Perspectives are suggested and developed for understanding Hispanic migrations, the plight of Latinos in urban and rural areas, and the unique problems faced by the diverse Latino groups. Groups studied include Mexican Americans, Dominicans, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans.
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SOC 3010 - Evaluating Statistical Evidence
(MQR)
Fall. 4 credits.
Forbidden Overlap: Students may receive credit for only one course in the following group: AEM 2100 , ILRST 2100 /STSCI 2100 , MATH 1710 , PAM 2100 , PAM 2101 , PSYCH 3500 , SOC 3010.
Prerequisite: Arts and Sciences students only. Co-meets SOC 6010 .
M. Brashears.
This course will introduce students to the theory and mathematics of statistical analysis. Many decisions made by ourselves and others around us are based on statistics, yet few people have a solid grip on the strengths and limitations of these techniques. This course will provide a firm foundation for statistical reasoning and logical inference using probability. While there is math in this course, it is not a math class per se, as a considerable amount of attention is devoted to interpreting statistics as well as calculating them.
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SOC 3040 - [Social Networks and Social Processes]
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014.
D. Strang.
Why do groups self-segregate? What leads fashions to rise and fall? Why do your friends have more friends than you? How do rumors spread? How do communities form and police themselves on the Internet? This course examines these kinds of issues through the study of fundamental network processes such as exchange, diffusion, and group formation. We focus on models that can be explored through computer simulation and improved through observation.
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SOC 3070 - [Society and Party Politics] (crosslisted)
(also GOVT 3063 ) (SBA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014.
S. Van Morgan.
This course will focus on the role that society plays in the emergence and functioning of political parties. In addition to investigating different types of party systems, the societal roots of political parties, and the influence of institutions on electoral politics, the course will also examine contemporary debates, such as the relationship between culture and electoral behavior. Case studies will be drawn from a number of Western and non-Western settings.
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SOC 3110 - [Group Solidarity]
(SBA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Next offered 2013-2014.
M. Macy.
What is the most important group that you belong to? What makes it important? What holds the group together, and how might it fall apart? How does the group recruit new members? Select leaders? Make and enforce rules? Do some members end up doing most of the work while others get a free ride? This course explore these questions from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on sociobiology, economics, and social psychology, as it applies alternative theories of group solidarity to a series of case studies, such as urban gangs, spiritual communes, the civil rights movement, pro-life activists, athletic teams, work groups, and college fraternities.
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